The Pyramid Lake Copper Prospect is a copper, molybdenum, and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.11417, -119.49917
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Pyramid Lake Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pyramid Lake Copper Prospect
Secondary: Blizzard Camp
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1985
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Hessite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Scapolite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES OCCUR IN VEINS AND SHEAR ZONES IN DIORITE PORPHYRY WHICH HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED BY INTRUSION OF A MID-CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE. MOLYBDENITE ASSOCIATED WITH CHALCOPYRITE WAS FOUND IN ONE VEIN; HESSITE (A SILVER TELLURIDE MINERAL) WAS IDENTIFIED IN ONE SAMPLE OF CHALCOCITE . IN TWO AREAS, SULFIDES ARE DIASSEMINATED AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BIOTITE, K-FELDSPAR AND MAGNETITE IN FOLIATED DIORITE PORPHYRY .
Comment (Workings): NONE
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY FOLLOWING STREAM-SEDIMENT ANOMALY OF USBM GEOLOGISTS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1980'S
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.
Reference (Deposit): SATKOSKI, J.J. AND BERG, A.W., 1982, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PYRAMID LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION, USBM, 1982 : REPORT BIA NO. 38-II.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
